There may be an anti-trust angle, but would it be any less applicable to Freep? Leftist viewpoints are shut out over here, and we make no bones about it. And a good thing, too.
The only thing I see facebook and twitter doing that is not within the purview of their free speech and property rights is that they falsely advertise their forum as an open one, when in fact it’s a purely leftard forum, no right wingers need apply. But I reiterate, there are other forums. If they won’t allow our viewpoint a voice on their forum, the thing to do is either patronize another, or form our own, either an exclusive one like freep, or a truly open one.
The difference is Jim bans leftists by his own decision. He doesn’t conspire with other conservative sites to ban someone.